After the pretty good start on Monday, things have gotten a little tougher for Remi (and thus not easier on me). He's been clingy and fussy, and hasn't eaten normally in the last two days. (Yesterday he didn't drink enough milk but ate his solid food, and today he didn't eat any solid food but drank all his milk.) He still seems to sleep fairly ( Read more... )

So far, I think the anticipation has been worse than the actual thing (which, actually, is what I expected). I was weepy yesterday, off and on, as we gathered up Remi's stuff and put labels on the things that needed labeling. And I was especially worried when the Riverfest fireworks (which take place just over the hill from us) and then a severe ( Read more... )

Remi hadn't pooped for two days. Yesterday night I had just finished packing the car for our couple of days at my parents' while Aaron was out of town-- had everything out there but my purse, the car seat, Mica, and Remi. So I lift him out of the exersaucer, where he had been playing happily while I loaded the car, and head to the car seat to ( Read more... )

I think I have tennis elbow. Actually, I don't know what tennis elbow is, or whether you can get it from holding a 17+ -pound, four-and-a-half-month-old kiddo in the same arm all the time, but if you can, then I probably have it ( Read more... )

So, we're home now, and enjoying the long holiday season in relative calm-- no traveling, no rushing around shopping, just snow, fire, Christmas lights, and family. Most of you who read this already know that nine-pound baby Remi was born last Wednesday, the 15th, at 4:25 a.m. after 48 hours of labor. But he came out the regular way, and didn't ( Read more... )

Well, obviously it's been a while. I'm afraid that the Facebook post has replaced the LJ post in my life-- a development I'm not sure I fully endorse, but since I check Facebook considerably more than I check LJ these days (not to mention the writing part), clearly I endorse it on some level. Writing is just something that has gone by the wayside ( Read more... )

I know it's been a long time-- I just haven't had the urge to write much lately, with all the stuff I'm working on at school, plus baby stuff, plus sleeping extra. Yowsers ( Read more... )

Today was our first day of classes, and they always begin with a ceremonial convocation, which I enjoy ( Read more... )

I just got a call for papers for a conference on a topic that I couldn't have designed better for me if I'd done it myself. The catch? It's in Belgium, at the end of next May. Which would ordinarily not be a problem, except that I'll have a five-month-old baby then. Without Aaron tagging along, I couldn't really see taking Pebble with me. But ( Read more... )

After almost-comical difficulty in finding a time when Aaron and I could go visit a day care I was very interested in, I finally ended up going to visit last night by myself. Overall, I really like the lady and the place, even though she doesn't strike you as a day care lady by her looks (her type looks more artsy than teacher-y). (But from her ( Read more... )